Voormis

The voormis were furry hominids, bestial humanoids that once occupied Hyperborea. After most were wiped out by pre-human settlers, the most savage Voormi became restricted to caves in the upper slopes of the Eiglophian mountains.

They were aggressive creatures, hunting large and dangerous prey such as saber-toothed tigers. The humans of Hyperborea hunted the Voormis for sport, but they were considered more dangerous than other animals. They possessed "quasi-human cunning" and could fight with thrown objects as well as nails and teeth. The natives of Hyperborea believed them to be at least partially descended from humans.

The voormis resemble and may be the same as the gnophkehs.

Appearances

• "...Much was said regarding the genesis of the Voormis, who were popularly believed to be the offspring of women and certain atrocious creatures that had come forth in primal days from a tenebrous cavern-world in the bowels of Voormithadreth. ... Ralibar Vooz... avowed his skepticism.... They were merely the remnant of a low and degraded tribe of aborigines, who, sinking further into brutehood, had sought refuge in those volcanic fastnesses after the coming of the true Hyperboreans." Clark Ashton Smith - "The Seven Geases"